Hi everybody, I haven't been on the site for a while, but unfortunately now I have a problem and am hoping for some advice!
This afternoon, Hester had a very loose "pudding-like" stool that was smelly. Normally, her poo doesn't smell much. This wasn't stink-up-the-house smelly, just noticeable. Now about an hour ago, she got into the litter box and my husband heard a sort of explosive noise, and she pooed quite a lot of mucous along with a bit of loose stool onto the mat in front of the box. She also dripped a few drops of loose stool on the floor as she was walking along. She has been acting normally all day and eating normally--she doesn't seem lethargic or ill at all. She's hiding now, but I think that's because we chased her down then wiped her bottom.
She's normally an indoor cat, but she really wants to go outside, so sometimes I take her out on a lead. This I did yesterday afternoon, and I noticed that she stepped into a pool of water that had been sitting in a flowerpot. She didn't lick her paw straight away, but I imagine she did so once we got back inside. So I was wondering if maybe she picked up some sort of parasite--is there anything particular that's harmful to cats that could be found in stagnant water? She also likes to chew on grass when she goes outside.
Our vet opens at 8 tomorrow morning for non-emergency walk-ins, so we could take her in then, but do you think this is something serious or should we wait to see if it passes? There's no blood in her stool and as I said she looks fine and is acting normally.
Thanks for any advice!
This afternoon, Hester had a very loose "pudding-like" stool that was smelly. Normally, her poo doesn't smell much. This wasn't stink-up-the-house smelly, just noticeable. Now about an hour ago, she got into the litter box and my husband heard a sort of explosive noise, and she pooed quite a lot of mucous along with a bit of loose stool onto the mat in front of the box. She also dripped a few drops of loose stool on the floor as she was walking along. She has been acting normally all day and eating normally--she doesn't seem lethargic or ill at all. She's hiding now, but I think that's because we chased her down then wiped her bottom.
She's normally an indoor cat, but she really wants to go outside, so sometimes I take her out on a lead. This I did yesterday afternoon, and I noticed that she stepped into a pool of water that had been sitting in a flowerpot. She didn't lick her paw straight away, but I imagine she did so once we got back inside. So I was wondering if maybe she picked up some sort of parasite--is there anything particular that's harmful to cats that could be found in stagnant water? She also likes to chew on grass when she goes outside.
Our vet opens at 8 tomorrow morning for non-emergency walk-ins, so we could take her in then, but do you think this is something serious or should we wait to see if it passes? There's no blood in her stool and as I said she looks fine and is acting normally.
Thanks for any advice!
